MSc. Simeon Leisch

• Climate adaption in agriculture
• Water retention and soil management
• Regenerative agriculture practices
• Soil fertility and drought stress management
• Deep loosening
• Oilseed rape pests

• Maßnahme L 19 des Integrierten Klimaschutzplans Hessen 2025: AKHWA - Anpassung an den Klimawandel in Hessen – Erhöhung der Wasserretention des Bodens durch regenerative Ackerbaustrategien: The AKHWA project examines, among other things, the extent to which regenerative agriculture can contribute to improved water retention through targeted management and cultivation measures. The project is based on precise tests lasting several years as well as studies on practical farms in Hesse.
• AKHWA-Teilprojekt TILVITA: The "Tilvita" project is conducting field tests to investigate whether deep loosening of the soil with and without the use of so-called effective microorganisms or the application of compost teas to plants can change plant growth or soil life.
• BÖLN Projekt: VORAN - Verbesserung Oekologischer Fruchtfolgen mit Transfermulch für ein Regeneratives Angepasstes Nährstoffmanagement: The VORAN project aims to improve ecological crop rotations with transfer mulch for regenerative nutrient management. Reduced tillage, cover crops and transfer mulch from green manures can nourish plants, increase soil fertility, reduce drought stress and improve crop resilience.
• BioHöfe-Stiftung, Eden Stiftung, Prym'sche-Stiftung: LCP - Liquid Carbon Pathway: The LCP project is investigating in pot experiments and in the climate chamber whether foliar application of compost tea, sterilized compost tea or Lithokraft can increase the photosynthesis performance of plants.

2022

Junge, S.; Leisch-Waskönig, S.; Winkler, J.; Kirchner, S.; Saucke, H.; Finckh, M. Late to the Party-Transferred Mulch from Green Manures Delays Colorado Potato Beetle Infestation in Regenerative Potato Cropping Systems. Agriculture 12 (12), 2130. doi: 10.3390/agriculture12122130